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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Book 2)

The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Book 2)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best
Review: With the war of middle earth about to start its final hours with Aragorn, Gandalf, Merry, Pippin, Sam, Legolas, Gimli and of course the ring bearing Frodo Baggins. But before that they need to reach the lands around Mt. Doom. Now with this being in J.R.R. Tolkien's three part series, The Two Towers is the second. Along with it being in the Lord of the Rings three part trilogy, this book also has three parts. The first part is Sam and Frodo being led around Mordor to reach the mountain that can destroy the ring, the second part is Merry and Pippin's journey with orcs and ents. Now the final part is Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, and Gandalf on what they did to reach Mordor. Now in the book everything seems to be running smoothly for the heroes until Frodo and Sam have a brief running with Gollum... yeah... brief... and that they find a King is possessed. Everything seems to turn around while the ring gets closer to Mt. Doom.

Now with the Two Towers being the second part of the trilogy. I find it to be the best. For the reasons that without knowing the journeys to Mordor and what Sam and Frodo ha to go through, it wouldn't be as important of a story. Another reason is that Gollum doesn't get killed so he plays an important role as follow the leader. And the battle of Helms Deep is one of my favorite battles because it shows death with sadness, but soon hope. I highly recommend this book to anyone that likes fantasy, but the series needs to be read in the order of 1 2 3 or else it just won't make sense.

No other books in my mind can compare to the legendary Lord of the Rings. From the facts that there are no tag-along for the fun of it characters. They all have a great role and factor to playing out the story. Also, the Lord of the Rings has to be the most serious book I've ever read. Which seems difficult to do when talking about hobbits, elves, dwarves, humans, and the supernatural. But that makes it the interesting story it is today. The Two Towers stacks up to be the best book I've ever read. So read it and be happy. ^^

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: adventures of j.r.r tolkein
Review: j.r.r tolkein was a brilliant man. his books inspired millions to create and begin writting. this book starts right were the fellowship left off. bomir is dead, mary and pipen have been captured my the uruk-hai, frodo and sam have set off for mordor to destroy the one ring that sauron formed from the evil of his own body. it was the one ring TO RULE THEM ALL! frodo and sam along the way find a unexpected freind golum or also known as smeagol.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Great Fiction Novel of The Twenties
Review: Times have become darker as the inevitable battle with the evil Sauron approaches. The Fellowship has been split up during this darkest hour. Legolas, Gimli, and Aragorn have been sent in hot pursuit of Merry and Pippin, who were captured by the attacking Urukhai. With Gandalf lost, Sam and the highly depressed Frodo press on toward Mount Doom, their journey looking more and more hopeless as it presses on. They meet with the manic depressant schizoid Gollum/Smeagol, who guides them shadily into the vast kingdom of Sauron. How can our heroes beat an evil like Sauron when there is so much darkness engulfing all of the Fellowship? Can Frodo be strong and face this faceless opponent?

This book is by far one of the greatest fictional books that I have ever read. There is almost constant action at every turn, and it can keep a person's attention for hours on end. Tolkien has used his genius to create a world of fantasy and suspense that boggles the imagination. The twists that are placed in the book and the in depth descriptions of all the characters leave no stone unturned and leave the reader with the perfect view of all the characters. This story gives you a great sense of all the times of the real world too. The way Tolkien uses the dead marshes of Mordor as a visual of what he saw in World War II and the terrible things that occurred during that war. His depictions and transitions into different storylines are almost seamless, leaving you wanting to get through the next chapter to see what happened with the first. This book is by far one of the great fiction novels of the time.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Clayton's Second Review
Review: This story is aboout a small shire man named frodo with his friends, sam, merry, pippin, legolas, aragorn, and a dwarf named gimli and you cant forget smeagel and Gandolf. These are all the warriors and adventurers in this story. Frodo and the rest of the fellowship try to bring the ring of power to mount doom.
so far they have not succeeded but they are close. This is a great stroy to read if you like fantasy and war scenes then this is your book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Clayton's Review Of The Two Towers
Review: This is a hard hitting story about war and quest to destroy the ring of power. This book is definetly a best buy

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Lord of The Rings TheTwoTowers
Review: It is a mind blowing book. Always keeps you guessing.You're on on the edge of ur seat not knowing but got to know whats going to happen.It won the best book of the year award.Or you can go see the movie.

It is a very long book.Since it takes ur attention away from the
lenth so your done in no time.The movie got a ton of awards.I give it 2 thumbs up.so u should read the book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Lord of the Rings the two towers
Review: I think that this book is one of the best books of all time.
There are many action parts and there are some funny parts aswell. I think this book is for anybody who likes mistical and magicaal things they would love the lor of the rings 2.
I am happy that this movie won 5 awards. But the movie kind of gets a little of track of the book but all in all both of them are good.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This book is great, BUT SHELOB IS NOT A COPY OF HARRY POTTER
Review: This book is excellent! If you haven't read The Hobbit, you'll understand the first one a little better. Only one problem, but it has nothing to do with the way the book is written. Now, most people who read this book says that Shelob the spider is right from Harry Potter. EXCUSE ME, BUT THIS BOOK HAPPENED TO BE WRITTEN PRACTICALLY 50 YEARS BEFORE THE HARRY POTTER SERIES(around 1955). WHAT I THINK IS HARRY POTTER'S SPIDERS ARE FROM LOTR. TOLKIEN IS MY FAVORITE AUTHOR AND I'M SURE HE'D BE INSULTED THAT SOME PEOPLE ACCUSE HIM OF COPYING A MUNDANE BOOK CALLED HARRY POTTER, WHERE KIDS LEARN MAGIC TRICKS THAT HAVE PEOPLE "FLINCH" AT A SINGLE, PATHETIC NAME, "VOLDEMORT", AND ALSO THE LOTR MOVIES ARE BETTER THAN HARRY POTTER, WHERE EVERYTHING IS MADE OF COTTON,AND PLASTIC.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The adventure continues
Review: Are you desperate to find out the rest of The Lord of The Rings saga? J.R.R Tolkien's "The Two Towers" is an exciting and adventurous book that will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time you are reading. Tolkien makes it seem that each page is full of adventure and you won't want to stop reading until you are done. Once you are done you are going to want to put it down and go to the library and ask for the third book, then you won't want to stop reading that one. I really enjoyed how there is never a dull part in the book, but the only specific thing I didn't enjoy is how the books end in the middle of some of the best parts. I encourage you to also read this book it is one of the most interesting books you will ever read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: EXTENDED VERSION OF THE MOVIE? READ THE BOOK FIRST!
Review: 5 Stars is definitely not enough!

I love Peter Jackson's movies based on Tolkein's classics but what a tragedy it seems that there are people out there, especially kids, who may assume that Jackson's is final word on the wonderful world of Middle Earth.

READ THE BOOK! The story in THE TWO TOWERS is tremendous, creative and truly profound. And don't make the mistake of thinking that this book or any of the others from Tolkein are children's books.

I recognize that everything in the book cannot be translated to film but there are spectacular things in this book that were left out of the movie. Watch the extended version of the movie? Yes, but READ THE BOOK first. Some of my favorite characters and characters essential to the total story were not included. There are also some unnecessary twists taken by Jackson and his crew that are simple and beautiful in the book.

THE TWO TOWERS wonderfully takes up where THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS leaves off and continues to follow the progress of The Fellowship as they continue their quest to overcome the powers of Sauron as he tries to regain the great ring and to dominate Middle Earth.

But A WORD OF CAUTION: should you read THE TWO TOWERS you won't be able to stop there. The next thing you know you'll be picking up THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING and then wrapping up with THE RETURN OF THE KING. You won't be able to start with this one and stop there. And if you haven't read THE HOBBIT yet you will likely be adding that one to your library as well.

The GOOD NEWS is that you will not regret a single moment!

I could go on and on. No shame to the movies. Jackson did a terrific job with some of the most complex and beloved stories in history but, if you liked the movies, don't miss the epic stories that await you in reading the books.

THE HORSEMAN


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